PMAY – Government sanctions more houses

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation has recently sanctioned over one lakh additional houses for urban poor under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) with an investment of Rs 4,200 crore. With this, according to the ministry, the total investment approved so far under the scheme stands at Rs 100,466 crore.

As per reports, with the latest sanctions, the ministry has so far approved construction of 1,875,389 houses for economically weaker sections (EWS) under PMAY (Urban) in 2,151 cities and towns in 34 states and Union Territories against 13.80 lakh houses sanctioned during 2004-15 with an approved investment of Rs 32,009 crore.

Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Manipur, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Assam, Kerala, Jharkhand, and Daman & Diu are states which have been given the latest sanction of houses.